2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification

The 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification is a men's under-17 football competition which decided the teams that will participate in the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Host countries(North Zone)
(West A Zone)
(West B Zone)
(Central-East Zone)
(South Zone)
Dates2022 – 2023

Players born 1 January 2006 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualified and would have played in the final tournament, including Algeria who qualified automatically as hosts.[1]

Teams

This will be the first edition in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament.[2]

Zone Spots Teams entering qualification Did not enter
North Zone
(UNAF)		 1 spot
+ hosts
West A Zone
(WAFU-UFOA A)		 2 spots
  •  Cape Verde (H)
West B Zone
(WAFU-UFOA B)		 2 spots
Central Zone
(UNIFFAC)		 2 spots
  •  Cameroon
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Chad
  •  Congo
  •  DR Congo
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Gabon (H)
  •  São Tomé and Príncipe
Central-East Zone
(CECAFA)		 2 spots
South Zone
(COSAFA)		 2 spots
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualifying tournament hosts
  • (Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results
  • (D): Disqualified

Schedule

The qualifying competition is split into regional competitions, with the teams entering the qualifying tournament of their zone.[3] The schedule of each qualifying zone is as follows.

Zone Group stage Knockout stage
South Zone TBD TBD
Central-East Zone TBD TBD
West B Zone 15 juin au 15 juillet 2022 15 juin au 15 juillet 2022
North Zone 5-15 novembre 2022
Central Zone TBD TBD
West A Zone TBD TBD

North Zone
Main article: 2022 UNAF U-16 Tournament
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7 12 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
2  Morocco 4 2 1 1 4 1 +3 7
3  Tunisia 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 6
4  Algeria (H) 4 1 1 2 1 4 −3 4
5  Libya 4 0 0 4 1 9 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2020. Source: UNAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(H) Host

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Algeria 1–0 Libya
  • Djibril Bahlouli 39'
 Report
Tunisia 2–3 Egypt
  • Wissam Chouali 46', 58'
 Report
  • Marouan Abdel-Fattah 23'
  • Omar Abdel-Wahid 28' (pen.)
  • Mohsen Mahrus 70'
Egypt 4–0 Libya
  • Mohsen Mahrus 29'
  • Ibrahim Abdel-Karim 37', 38'
  • Mohamed Abdel-Adhim 62'
 Report
Morocco 0–0 Algeria
Report
Egypt 1–0 Morocco
  • Omar Moawad 75'
 Report
Libya 1–2 Tunisia
  • Shaib Twir 20' (pen.)
 Report
  • Rayane Rbia 15'
  • Akram Tboubi 48'
Tunisia 0–2 Morocco
Report
  • Abdelhamid Maali 41'
  • Rayane Biad 52'
Algeria 0–1 Egypt
Report
  • Ibrahim Adel 22'
Morocco 2–0 Libya
  • Seif Eddin Chelaghmou 30'
  • Aymen El Neir 68'
 Report
Algeria 0–3 Tunisia
Report
  • Yacine Ben Abdellah 26'
  • Rayane Rbia 28' (pen.)
  • Yacine Boukhris 59'

West B Zone

The 2022 WAFU Zone B Tournament which serves as a qualifier tournament for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations is planned to be hosted by Ghana from 11–24 June 2022, .[4]

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

Group stage

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of three and four teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Host


Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Benin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Central-East Zone

The CECAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations is planned to be hosted by Ethiopia in xxxx 2022 .[5]

South Zone

The COSAFA qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations is planned to be hosted by xxxxx withdrew as hosts with the matches scheduled to be played between 30 November -10 December 2022.[6]

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Zone Qualified on Previous appearances in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations1
only final tournament era (since 1995)
 Algeria (hosts)North Zone1 ( 2009 )
 EgyptNorth Zone20 March 20223 (1997, 2003, 2011)
West A Zone
West A Zone
West B Zone
West B Zone
Central Zone
Central Zone
Central-East Zone
Central-East Zone
South Zone
South Zone
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Decisions of CAF Executive". sportnewsafrica. 29 September 2021.
    2. "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
    3. "CAF Newsletter" (PDF). CAF. 5 April 2020. p. 3.
    4. Eludini, Tunde (16 April 2022). "UFOA U17 2022". twitter. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
    5. "Sudan Confirmed To Host CECAFA Tournament". africatopsports. 16 April 2022.
    6. Schütz, Helge (16 April 2022). "Cosafa confirms tournament". zambianfootball. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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